Marsha Buckson, LCSW
San Jose,USA
Summary
Known as a proven, result-driven professional who is competent in the field of Social Work. Recipient of the Social Work Behavioral Specialization Scholarship. Vast experience throughout the years dealing with adults, children, adolescents, and their families. Passionate about working with families and understanding the complexity of their needs. Focal point of practice is heavily rooted in ethics and theory.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
04.2020 - Current
- Skilled in receiving assignments requiring intensive inpatient casework. Effective in maintaining lists of community resources and assist clients to access resources. Responsible in developing and customizing treatment plans.
- Ability to prioritized complex cases. Takes, reviews, and evaluates thoroughly to identify barriers of treatment and safety. Expert in crisis intervention and discharge planning.
- Responsible for completing biopsychosocial assessments in an effective and timely manner. Facilitates family meetings with interdisciplinary team to identify specific needs appropriate to plan of care.
- Assist families to obtain placements. Identifies appropriate level of care and refer patients if needed.
- 40 hours/week
MEDTRAVELERS
09.2019 - 04.2020
- Participates in multidisciplinary team to discuss patient’s barriers to discharge, potential risks, and discharge planning. Provides effect documentation of patient’s progress to ensure safe discharge while assisting patients to advocate for self to receive appropriate services.
- Experience working with homeless population while providing community resources including completing referrals through Life Moves, Kaiser Chemical Dependency Program, and local drug/alcohol abuse programs.
- Ability to manage caseload and responsibility of proper charting in accordance to state and federal legislation. Keen identifying potential barriers and effectively communicating barriers with care team.
- Conducts initial and subsequent assessments in order to develop, implement, and customize each patient’s plan of care. Facilitates family conferences and identify psychosocial needs in a timely manner.
- 40 hours/week
COMPASSUS HOSPICE- SAVANNAH, GA.
07.2018 - 09.2019
- Initiates discharge planning and continuation of care in communities. Ensures safety of patient prior to discharge. Psychosocial assessments are completed within 72 hours of admission.
- Provides education regarding hospice care- Patients are referred to various community services including non-profit and local businesses.
- Initiates care in local hospitals- Ensure exceptional care is met for all patients. 100 percent successful emergency placement within 24 hours of care.
- Expert in Complex Problem Solving Skills- Patient need are met prior to discharge from hospital while providing emotional support to patient and families. Keen ability to identify patients/families’ strengths and weaknesses while providing thorough planning of services.
- Abides by local and state legislation of quality of care- Provides support to patients who have been diagnosed with terminal illness with a prognosis of 6 months or less to live. Refer families and patients to Elder Law Services.
- First Social Worker for Successful Compassus Pilot Program at Memorial Hospital- Collaborated with hospital personnel for end of life care in General Patient Unit, ICU, and Palliative. Collaborates with Lewis Cancer Center in Savannah, GA.
PRUITT HEALTH HOSPICE- SAVANNAH, GA.
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Expert in assisting in patients in exploring therapeutic techniques to alleviate pain and anxiety. Ability to assess patient’s psychosocial to gear interventions based on patient’s needs. Specialized in veteran’s benefits and death pension.
- Expert in conducting psychosocial assessments and providing treatment based on individuals socio-economic, cultural, and ethical backgrounds.
- Expert in developing effective and individualized plan of care. Collaborates with IDG team consisting of Medical Director, Administrators, hospice nurses, chaplain, and CNA’s.
- Expert in identifying community services. Knowledgeable in crisis intervention and planning including respite services and geriatric resources through the Department of Aging and Disability Services.
- Expert in knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses and various treatment modalities. Conducted individual counseling and consultation of community resources.
- Expert in providing literature and education in reading materials like, “Gone from my Sight.” Obtained continued education credits in relation to hospice’s philosophy of care. Educate patients and families about DNR status and knowledgeable in completing documentation during initial admission. Educate families about the Five Wishes booklet and how they can utilize the resource to identify their wishes for the patient.
- Expert in assisting patients and caregivers understand the philosophy of hospice while continuing to maximize patients and families strengths. Patients and families are able to process emotions with MSW. Ability to effectively utilize strength based practices and conflict resolution.
- Expert in completing assessments in a timely manner within 5 days of initial admission. Ability to identify patients and caregivers strengths and weaknesses to ensure the best quality of life.
- Full-Time Day and On-call
Hospice Social Worker
ARCADIA HOSPICE OF SAVANNAH
11.2016 - 05.2017
- Leader in implementing social services for patients during end of life care. Provided exceptional care to patients and families. Connected families with resources to address patient's medical, legal, and financial concerns. Educated patients and families of various treatment options for comfort care.
- Provided counseling and psychotherapy for individuals, couple, and families. Provides psychosocial education to patients and caregivers about coping skills, coordination of care, and lifespan planning.
- Proactive in patient and family crisis. Mediated conflicts with clients and families, while providing services through advance care planning.
- Advocated for the behalf of the patient and family. Connected families with resources available in the community.
- Conducted home and facility visits. Provided family education about hospice and palliative care philosophy.
- Strong organizational and communication skills to ensure highest level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for each patient and family.
- 25 hours/week
Licensed Master of Social Worker
FRESENIUS KIDNEY CARE
02.2016 - 05.2017
- Provided education for patients on dialysis. The first social worker for the pilot Urgent Start Unit Program. Provides patient education on what the new to dialysis, discusses treatment modalities and expected outcomes. Develop discharge planning after four weeks of education and identify potential barriers for treatment.
- Conducted Social Work Intensive Therapy. Collaborates with patients to create an effective plan of care to reduce mortality. Provides counseling to at-risk patients.
- Facilitated Plan of Care Meeting with family members. Discuss with patients’ families about advance directives, plan of care, and end of life treatment.
- Completed Psychosocial Assessments. Identify patients’ support systems, family history, spirituality, strengths and weaknesses. Maintained and improved relationships with local transport agencies. Met with corporate regulatory officials to discuss risk assessment and management issues. Designed surveys of association membership. Analyzed and communicated results. Prepared and presented briefings for association management and member company representatives.
- Provided psychological services to patients in-center and home dialysis. Refer patients to psychologists and other licensed providers for counseling.
- Developed support tools. Create communication materials on the dialysis and research programs, including status reports, posters, and web-based materials. Developed and implemented a project management system to meet clients’ needs.
- Created missed treatment reports and action plans to ensure quality of service. Participates in monthly QAI meetings and presents data to medical director, director of operations, vice-president and other medical personnel.
- 40 hours/week
Mental Health Therapist
COASTAL HARBOR TREATMENT CENTER
04.2015 - 02.2016
- Served as a mental health therapist for children and adolescents. Provided counseling and mentoring for high risk youth who were victims of child abuse/neglect, sexual behaviors, and cognitive disabilities. Managed multiple issues simultaneously, quickly identifying key issues for each patient. Worked effectively with multiple committees and teams, including state representatives, corporate staff, and policyholders.
- Helped interdisciplinary team establish treatment plan. Worked with groups to analyze a number of environmental risk factors. These included the use of safety factors, high to low risk assessment to maximize therapeutic techniques.
- Served as a family liaison for at-risk youth. Provided ongoing support to a variety of task groups developing positions on health, safety, and environmental proposals in both legislative and regulatory areas.
- Provided communication support. Surveyed association member companies on health and safety risk assessment practices. Summarized this information and communicated it to association membership. Developed communications materials on risk assessment and management issues. Prepared technical comments on regulatory proposals, including synthesis of input from a range of staff and administrative feedback.
- Performed psychological assessments, treatment planning, and discharge planning. Provided grief counseling, family therapy, Trauma-Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Constructs clinical formulation within 7 days of admission.
- 40 hours/week
Education
Bachelor of Science - Sociology with an emphasis of Social Services
Georgia Southern University
Master of Social Work -
Savannah State University
Savannah, GASkills
- Clinical Specialization with a Master of Social Work
- Well versed in various mental health modalities Conduct individual and family counseling Proficient in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Family/Group Therapy
- Experienced with aggressive and high acuity clients Ability to utilize therapeutic techniques that are effective in addressing depression, time management, autism, and other mental health disabilities
- Superior communication skills Skilled in communicating complex technical information to diverse audiences Effective clinical liaison with significant experience developing relationships with government, industry, association members, staff, and the public
Certification
- Georgia License No. MSW007205
- California License No. 132454
Timeline
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
04.2020 - Current
MEDTRAVELERS
09.2019 - 04.2020
COMPASSUS HOSPICE- SAVANNAH, GA.
07.2018 - 09.2019
PRUITT HEALTH HOSPICE- SAVANNAH, GA.
05.2017 - 06.2018
Hospice Social Worker
ARCADIA HOSPICE OF SAVANNAH
11.2016 - 05.2017
Licensed Master of Social Worker
FRESENIUS KIDNEY CARE
02.2016 - 05.2017
Mental Health Therapist
COASTAL HARBOR TREATMENT CENTER
04.2015 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Science - Sociology with an emphasis of Social Services
Georgia Southern University
Master of Social Work -
Savannah State University
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